The Grammar Quiz For People Who Like Pictures Of Cute Kittens and Puppies

Jenny Herringer, No they weren't One has a hyphen: heavy-metal detector vs. heavy metal detector. The hyphen indicates that it is a detector of "heavy metal." Without the hyphen, the metal detector itself is heavy.

anng, They're not the same. One has a hyphen, meaning that it is a detector of heavy-metal. Without the hyphen, it is the metal detector itself that is heavy.

Cute pictures. Ah, British English--it's different from American English. Number six is a disastrous sentence. Animals aren't "who;" they are "that" or "which." The sentence should read, "Books are useless for kittens, because they cannot read."

Gery Tillmanns, "Me" is correct because it's the object of the preposition "from." "I" is a subject; "me" is an object.

U was always taught “him and I”, not “him and me.”

Donald Anderson, Agree and I was always taught it is something and I, not something and me

So much so that I think two of their answers are incorrect but that's just my opinion

Lupe Hernandez, thank you, thank you, thank you! The number of times I’ve been corrected on this rule is ridiculous! The rule is exactly as you state it.

Gail Cusack, Nash and me is correct, if you remove the Nash you would not say from I.

Have to say I disagree with several of these. Obviously American grammar is totally different to New Zealand (English) grammar. Never put a comma before the word "and"!! It is Nash and I - Not Nash and me! Plural nouns which end in S, have an apostrophe AFTER the S - Johnsons' Just saying!!

I disagree with 6 & one other. There are commas put in when unnecessary. I guess it depends on where you went to school.

Question 14 is asking you to pick the one that illustrates the "Oxford comma rule". It is NOT asking which one you would use! Clearly very few quizzers have any idea what the rule is. By the way both answers are correct in English, it is up to the way you were taught.

Anne Tisdell, but that isn't what the question was asking!

Donald Anderson, the question isn't asking which is correct. It is asking which of the two is an example of the "Oxford comma rule" and that is the second one. It is not what I was taught at school either!

Carlos Eduardo Lee, the question asks which of the two is an example of the Oxford comma rule. It is the second one. The rule is to use a comma after every name in a list, even the one which comes just before the last one (where you put the and).